“Structure ignites spontaneity. Limits yield intensity. When we play... by our self-chosen rules, we find that containment of strength amplifies strength.” SelfPlayLimitsStructureChosenYieldIntensitySpontaneityIgniteAmplifyContainment Author:Stephen Nachmanovitch
“Here the artist is, as it were, an archaeologist, uncovering deeper and deeper strata as he works, recovering not an ancient civilization, but something as yet unborn, unseen, unheard, except by the inner eye, the inner ear. He is not just removing apparent surfaces from some external object, he is removing apparent surface from the Self, revealing his original nature.” SelfEyeArtistObjectsCivilizationEarsOriginalsAncientDeeperSurfaceUnseenRevealingUnbornRecoveringUnheardAncient CivilizationsUncoveringArchaeologists Book:Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art Source: Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art
“Writing, playing, composing, painting, reading, listening, looking-all require that we submit to being swept away by Eros, to a transformation of self of the kind that happens when we fall in love.” WritingKindSelfHappensFallReadingPaintingListeningTransformationFalling In LoveSubmitComposingErosSwept Away Book:Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art Source: Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art
“The power of mistakes enables us to reframe creative blocks and turn them around...The troublesome parts of our work, the parts that are most baffling and frustrating, are in fact the growing edges. We see these opportunities the instant we drop our preconceptions and our self-importance.” SelfFactsTurnsOpportunityMistakeCreativityCreativeGrowingImportanceEdgesBlockInstantFrustratingTroublesomePreconceptionsSelf-importanceCreative Block Author:Stephen Nachmanovitch
“The noun of self becomes a verb. This flashpoint of creation in the present moment is where work and play merge.” SelfPlayMomentsCreativityCreationPresent MomentVerbsNounsWork And Play Book:Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art Source: Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art
